Marius Roodt

The term ‘developmental state’ has become part of the South African lexicon. As I recall, it first became commonly used around the time of the

There are few certainties in life, apart from death and taxes, but there is something else that is a growing certainty in South Africa. This

Sometimes politicians say things that confirm what we know about them. It may be a throwaway remark or a pattern of language, but once people

The ANC got a bloody nose on Wednesday, losing two wards in by-elections, while retaining one ward in eThekwini. The DA held on to a

Coalitions are increasingly becoming a fact of South African political life. Until a few years ago very few of South Africa’s municipalities were governed by

Emigration is a perennial topic among middle-class South Africans, and in the last few years it seems more people (of all races) have been considering

A new electoral system is on the cards for South Africa, but what has been proposed is, frankly, a mess. The new system will be

By now we all know the numbers and the scale of the crisis that South Africa faces. On the expanded rate of unemployment, nearly 50%

The recent local government elections resulted in a number of watershed moments for South African politics, notably the decline of the ANC’s share of the

The local government election at the beginning of this week could possibly be called what Americans describe as a ‘realigning’ election. It is the first